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Scott Meredith Collection. A WOOD NETSUKE OF GAMA SENNIN
Purchased at Barry Davies Oriental Art, September 1995. By Toyokazu, Tanba Province, mid-19th century
Gama Sennin seated, crying out, attempting to push away the large
Published: warty toad clambering on his head and back, the wood stained dark,
Davey, MTH, p.264, no.818. the eyes of both inlaid; signed Toyokazu.
Barry Davies Oriental Art, SM, no.66. 5.4cm (2 1/8in) high.
£4,000 - 5,000
JPY560,000 - 700,000
US$5,300 - 6,600
木彫根付 蝦蟇仙人 銘「豊一」 19世紀中期
For similar example by the artist from the Robert S. Huthart Collection,
see Barry Davies Oriental Art, RSH, p.159, no.116. For another
example by Toyomasa, see ibid., p.159, no.115.
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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